Chinese smartphone vendors are ramping up their push to convince consumers to embrace 5G devices during the May Day holiday, as competition intensifies to a new high after Huawei Technologies Co s smartphone business was crippled by US government restrictions.
The revived battle also came after the Chinese mainland smartphone market recorded its first growth in four years in the first quarter of 2021, with shipments increasing 27 percent year-on-year to 92.4 million units, according to a new report from market research company Canalys.
Eager to attract consumers to upgrade their smartphones to 5G units, companies such as Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi are offering discounts and trade-in initiatives in online and offline retail stores across the nation during the five-day May Day holiday, which ends on Wednesday.
Smartphone rivalries boil as 5G lures buyers By MA SI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-05 07:12 Share CLOSE Consumers try out Huawei s 5G-enabled smartphones at its global flagship shop in Shanghai. [Photo/China Daily]
Chinese smartphone vendors are ramping up their push to convince consumers to embrace 5G devices during the May Day holiday, as competition intensifies to a new high after Huawei Technologies Co s smartphone business was crippled by US government restrictions.
The revived battle also came after the Chinese mainland smartphone market recorded its first growth in four years in the first quarter of 2021, with shipments increasing 27 percent year-on-year to 92.4 million units, according to a new report from market research company Canalys.
Former World No. 2 calls for unity during AAPI Month
In commemoration of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, American legend Michael Chang penned a poignant essay urging unity and calling for the end of racially motivated hate crimes.
Chang, whose parents emigrated from Chinese Taipei, also wrote about the way mistrust and misinformation surrounding COVID-19 has fueled the recent wave of violent crime and discrimination against the AAPI community in the US.
It’s a subject that Chang knows all too well, as he recalled being on the receiving end of racially motivated discrimination during a recent outing with his wife Amber Liu Chang.
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2021-05-01 05:50:46 GMT2021-05-01 13:50:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) Chinese mainland s smartphone market has returned to pre-COVID-19 levels, with shipments increasing 27 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest report by technology market research firm Canalys.
Total shipments reached 92.4 million units during the period, said the report.
Huawei lost its crown to Vivo, which saw shipments rise 79 percent year on year to 21.6 million units. Oppo chased Vivo as a close runner-up, with 20.6 million shipments, Canalys said. The market has returned to prosperity this quarter, said Canalys research analyst Amber Liu. Leading vendors are racing to the top of the market, and there was an unusually high number of smartphone launches this quarter compared with the first quarter of 2020 or even the fourth quarter of 2020.